National Republican., 1887-03-14

morning tne KeV. 4. DeWltt lulmage u. u,
expounded appropriate passages of Scripture.
He then gave out the hymn beginning
Must Jesus bear the cross alone,
And nll the world go free?
No there's n cross for every one,
And there's u cross for me-"
The subject of his discourse was "Stinging
AnIoy0nces," aud his text. Deuteronomy, ch.
vii, 20: "1he Lord thy God will sent the
hornet" He said:
1t seems as If the insect world were deNer-
mined to war against the human race. 1t Is
every year attacking the grain fields, and the
orchards, and the vineyards. The Colorado
beetle, the Nebraska grasshopper, the New
Jersey locust, the universal potato destroyer.
seem TO carry on the work which was begun
ages ago, when the insects buzzed out of
Noak's ark as the door was opened.
In my text the hornet flies out on its mission.
II Is q species of wasp, swift In its motion aud
violent in its sting It's touch is torture to man
or least. We have all seen the cattle run bel
loving from the cut OF It's lancet. In boyhood
we use to stand cautiously looking at tue globu-
lar nest hung from the tree branch, and while
covering we were struck with something that
snt MS shrieking away. The hornet goes in
swhrms. 1t has captains over hundreds. and
duce certain death. The Persians attempted
to coLquer Christian city, but the elephants
and the beasts on which the Persians rode were
army was broken up and the besieged city was
rescued. This burning and noxious insect
.tung ont the Hitlites and Canaanites from
their country. What the Pleamn9 sword and
chariot OF war could not accomplish was done
by The puncture of an insect. The Lord sent
the hornet.
My friends when we are assaulted by 5ehe-
motbs OF trouble-great behemoths OF trouble
we become chivalrlc and we assault them.
We get get on nth The high melted lee steed OF our coaE-
II Goa be with us, we come out stronger and
better than when we went in, Bnt, alas for
,hese nsectile annoyances of life. these foes
too small to shoot, these things without any
Gsoirdupois weight-ihe gnats aud the mlagei
and the lies and the wasps aud the hornetSl
In other words, II is the small singing annoy
ances OF our life which drive Us out and use
us up. Into the best conditioned life, for some
grand and glorious purpose, God sends tae
hornet,
remark In the first place. that these small
singing aunoyances may come in the shape of
sen'ilivc nervous rgani2ation. People who
broken bones get plenty of sympathy, but who
pities Anyl OGy that is nervous? The doctors
iay, ana lie family says, and everybody says,
"Ch she's only little nervous; that's ALL"
The sound of heavy foot, too harsh clearing
Of throat, II discord in music a want of har-
nony between the shawl ami the glove on the
same person, II curt answer, passing sllJhl,
the wind from the eat, any one OF ten thou-
sand annoyances,. opens the dOor tot the
hornet. The TACT Is, that the vast majority OF
the people in this country are OverworSel,
Gno their nerves are tho first to give olt,
goat multitude are under the strain of Leg
ren, who, when he was told by his physician
that II he did not stop working while lie was
III tueh poor ply lsicul health he would die,
responded, Doctor. whether live or die the
wheel must keep going around" These per-
sons oi whom speak have q bleeding sens-
tver'ss. The flies love to light ou anything
raw, and these people are like the Canaaultes
tpnkeuof IN the text or in the coutext-thay
hbvea very thin covering aud are vulnerable
AZ all points. And the Lord sent the hornet
Again, these small insect annoyances may
come In us In the shape OF friends and ac-
qnainiances who are always saying Disagree
hhle things. There are some people Won can
not be, with for half an hour but you feel
chteled and cOmfoItsd Then there are other
people You cannot be with for Ave minutes be-
lore yen feel miserable. They do not mean to
disturb you, but they sting you to the bone
They gather up all the yarn which the gosslos
,pin. 0nd peddle H. They gather up all the
adverse criticisms about your person, about
Your business about your home, about yOur
church, and they make your ear the funnel
into which they pour II. They laugh heartily
when they tell you, as though II were good
ioke, and you laugh, too-Outside. These peo.
pie are brought TO our attention in the Bible,
IN the hook OF Ruth; Naomi went forth beau.
tiiul and with the finest OF worldly prospects
into another land, but after awhile she came
lack widowed, and sick, and poor. What